Former United States President Donald Trump lashed out at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for not making concessions to Russia, giving his strongest indication to date he would stop backing Kyiv if he wins the United States presidential election.
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Ukraine has added online marriage to the capabilities of the national Dia app, making it the first country to have such a practice fully digitized. Through the app, soldiers can now marry while on the front line. At present, same-sex couples may only register their marriage proposals as a civil partnerships bill is bogged down in parliament.
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Nearly 50% of Russians support withdrawing troops from Ukraine and negotiating a peace agreement, even without achieving the Kremlin’s military objectives, according to a joint survey conducted by independent pollsters ExtremeScan and Chronicles.
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“Relentless Russian attacks mean Ukraine needs continued EU support. The European Commission will provide a loan of up to €35 billion to Ukraine as part of the G7 pledge. This is another major EU contribution to Ukraine’s recovery” – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
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India overtook China as the world’s biggest importer of Russian oil in July as Chinese refiners bought less because of lower profit margins from producing fuels, a comparison of import data showed. Russian crude made up a record 44% of India’s overall imports last month, rising to a record 2.07 million barrels per day, 4.2% higher than in June and 12% more than a year ago, data on Indian shipments from trade and industry sources showed.
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Ukraine’s parliament ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). It will come into force 60 days after being received by the UN Secretary-General. The ratification was adopted with a caveat that Ukraine would not recognise the court’s jurisdiction over Ukrainian citizens in the case of war crimes for 7 years following its official adoption.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on August 19 further codifying a vague Russian state ideology into Russian law without concretely modifying the Russian Constitution. Putin’s effort to codify a specific ideology may be intended to counter the Russian ultranationalist community’s efforts to establish an accepted national ideology – ISW.
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